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I have posted a video on the racists intentions and practices of Zionists. Now more evidence of racism, an edict from the Rabbis that properties should not be sold or rented to the non-Jewish. Those who do so should be ostracised.
Similar practices are operating in India, claimants of the world biggest democracy and supposedly running a secular government and country.
In recent past, famous Bollywood actors, Shabana Azmi and Saif Ali Khan have publicly announced that they are refused flats in Mumbai because they are Muslims.
It is also an eye opener for those so called liberal Pakistanis, who due to their skewed borrowed ideas from the sources, who break every rule in the world when it comes to their own policies and benefits. They wouldnt hesitate to frequently break international laws to achieve their goals and impose their agenda on the world.
JERUSALEM (AFP) Fifty Israeli rabbis have signed an open letter warning Jews not to rent or sell property to non-Jews, saying those who do should be "ostracised," a copy of the letter showed on Tuesday.
"In answer to the many questions, we say that it is forbidden in the Torah to sell a house or a field in the land of Israel to a foreigner," says the letter, referring to the Pentateuch -- the first five books of the Bible.
The letter, which was signed mostly by state-employed rabbis, warns that "he who sells or rents them a flat in an area where Jews live causes great harm to his neighbours."
"After someone sells or rents just one flat, the value of all the neighbouring flats drops... He who sells or rents (to non-Jews) causes his neighbours a big loss and his sin is great," the letter said, in what was largely understood to refer to Israel's Arab minority.
"Anyone who sells (property to a non-Jew) must be cut off!!"
According to the Israeli news website Ynet, the letter is to be published in religious newspapers and distributed in synagogues across the country later this week.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel slammed the letter as "racist."
"Rabbis who are civil servants have an obligation to the entire public, including Israel's Arab citizens. It is unthinkable that they would use their public status to promote racism and incitement," the group said in a statement.
The organisation called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take disciplinary action against state-employed rabbis who signed the document.
Mohammed Barakeh, an Arab-Israeli member of parliament, said the letter was "supremely racist" and called for the government's legal adviser to investigate the rabbis behind it.
"It seems that the signatories realise that the Israeli establishment is complicit in the crimes of incitement to racial hatred, so they are acting without fear," he said in a statement.
An influential group of Orthodox rabbis also condemned the letter.
"It is forbidden to discriminate among citizens in a democracy," said Yaakov Ariel, head of the
Tsohar organisation, and grand rabbi of the Israeli city of Ramat Gan.
Another rabbi, Yehuda Gilad, called the letter "a serious distortion of the (religious) texts, which is contrary to Jewish moral values."
The letter came as tensions grow between religious Jewish and Arab-Israeli residents of the northern town of Safed, where local rabbi Shmuel Eliahu has called on Jews to avoid renting or selling property to Arabs.
Safed's college attracts Arab-Israeli students from the surrounding area, many of whom seek accommodation in the town while studying.
In October, Israeli MPs approved a draft law to allow villages to reject new residents on the basis of being socially "unsuitable," a move rights groups denounced as racist.
The bill would allow communities of up to 500 people to bar potential residents on grounds of "unsuitability to the community's social and cultural fabric," a measure seen as targeting Arab Israelis.
In November, a poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute found 46 percent of Jewish Israelis preferred not to live next door to Arabs, while two-thirds -- or 67 percent -- of Arabs preferred not to live next to ultra-Orthodox Jews.
It also found 53 percent of Jewish Israelis backed government incentives for Arabs to emigrate.
Israel has 1.3 million Arab citizens -- Palestinians who remained in the country after the creation of the Jewish state in 1948 and their descendants.
Arab citizens, who make up 20 percent of the population, have long complained of systematic discrimination in resources and opportunities.
Source: Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2010120...aelarabsreligiondiscrimination_20101207174944
Similar practices are operating in India, claimants of the world biggest democracy and supposedly running a secular government and country.
In recent past, famous Bollywood actors, Shabana Azmi and Saif Ali Khan have publicly announced that they are refused flats in Mumbai because they are Muslims.
It is also an eye opener for those so called liberal Pakistanis, who due to their skewed borrowed ideas from the sources, who break every rule in the world when it comes to their own policies and benefits. They wouldnt hesitate to frequently break international laws to achieve their goals and impose their agenda on the world.
JERUSALEM (AFP) Fifty Israeli rabbis have signed an open letter warning Jews not to rent or sell property to non-Jews, saying those who do should be "ostracised," a copy of the letter showed on Tuesday.
"In answer to the many questions, we say that it is forbidden in the Torah to sell a house or a field in the land of Israel to a foreigner," says the letter, referring to the Pentateuch -- the first five books of the Bible.
The letter, which was signed mostly by state-employed rabbis, warns that "he who sells or rents them a flat in an area where Jews live causes great harm to his neighbours."
"After someone sells or rents just one flat, the value of all the neighbouring flats drops... He who sells or rents (to non-Jews) causes his neighbours a big loss and his sin is great," the letter said, in what was largely understood to refer to Israel's Arab minority.
"Anyone who sells (property to a non-Jew) must be cut off!!"
According to the Israeli news website Ynet, the letter is to be published in religious newspapers and distributed in synagogues across the country later this week.
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel slammed the letter as "racist."
"Rabbis who are civil servants have an obligation to the entire public, including Israel's Arab citizens. It is unthinkable that they would use their public status to promote racism and incitement," the group said in a statement.
The organisation called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take disciplinary action against state-employed rabbis who signed the document.
Mohammed Barakeh, an Arab-Israeli member of parliament, said the letter was "supremely racist" and called for the government's legal adviser to investigate the rabbis behind it.
"It seems that the signatories realise that the Israeli establishment is complicit in the crimes of incitement to racial hatred, so they are acting without fear," he said in a statement.
An influential group of Orthodox rabbis also condemned the letter.
"It is forbidden to discriminate among citizens in a democracy," said Yaakov Ariel, head of the
Tsohar organisation, and grand rabbi of the Israeli city of Ramat Gan.
Another rabbi, Yehuda Gilad, called the letter "a serious distortion of the (religious) texts, which is contrary to Jewish moral values."
The letter came as tensions grow between religious Jewish and Arab-Israeli residents of the northern town of Safed, where local rabbi Shmuel Eliahu has called on Jews to avoid renting or selling property to Arabs.
Safed's college attracts Arab-Israeli students from the surrounding area, many of whom seek accommodation in the town while studying.
In October, Israeli MPs approved a draft law to allow villages to reject new residents on the basis of being socially "unsuitable," a move rights groups denounced as racist.
The bill would allow communities of up to 500 people to bar potential residents on grounds of "unsuitability to the community's social and cultural fabric," a measure seen as targeting Arab Israelis.
In November, a poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute found 46 percent of Jewish Israelis preferred not to live next door to Arabs, while two-thirds -- or 67 percent -- of Arabs preferred not to live next to ultra-Orthodox Jews.
It also found 53 percent of Jewish Israelis backed government incentives for Arabs to emigrate.
Israel has 1.3 million Arab citizens -- Palestinians who remained in the country after the creation of the Jewish state in 1948 and their descendants.
Arab citizens, who make up 20 percent of the population, have long complained of systematic discrimination in resources and opportunities.
Source: Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2010120...aelarabsreligiondiscrimination_20101207174944